Nice job releasing this on a Friday and right after the biggest news item of recent memory. I’m sure this bombshell will really take hold in that environment.

chapman on June 30, 2012 at 12:35 AM

It never ends with you Chicken Littles, does it?

What, Grassley and Issa are feuding, messing up the F&F investigation? Or, is it that Issa and Boehner are conspiring to make sure that the House never has the chance to vote to hold Holder in contempt, because they’re too afraid of the political fallout?

Sheesh, why don’t you give it a rest!

Bizarro No. 1 on June 30, 2012 at 5:02 AM

Notice how I didn’t say any of the things you suggested? Way to knock down that straw man. You must be real proud.

The simple fact of the matter is that the investigation is being done well but there has been no media coverage. Considering that this matter will almost certainly not resolve itself before November, the lack of media coverage means that there will be nearly zero consequences for this administration.

Holder and Cummings have both maintained that the wiretap applications did not contain such details and that the applications were reviewed narrowly for probable cause, not for whether any investigatory tactics contained followed Justice Department policy.

The wiretap applications were signed by senior DOJ officials in the department’s criminal division, including Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco and another official who is now deceased.

ted c on June 30, 2012 at 8:39 AM

So does this mean that House member Cummings has been cooperating in the coverup of F&F, or does it mean that he has been played for a fool by Holder?

Memeorandum was on that story yesterday (and it’s still up there now). It’s a v.g. source for stories…

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Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:17:26 +0000http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=207308#comment-2002880So, if the coverup is worse than the crime, is the planning of the coverup worse than the coverup itself?

(CNSNews.com) – Dennis K. Burke, who as a lawyer for the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1990s was a key player behind the enactment of the 1994 assault-weapons ban, and who then went on to become Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano’s chief of staff, and a contributor to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential primary campaign, and then a member of Obama’s transition team focusing on border-enforcement issues, ended up in the Obama administration as the U.S. attorney in Arizona responsible for overseeing Operation Fast and Furious.

When Obama nominated Burke to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Burke told the Arizona Capitol Times he believed he understood what the president and his attorney general wanted him to do.